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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:category
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Defunct companies of the United States
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Conglomerate companies of the United States
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:divested
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gptkb:Continental_Baking_Company_(1984)
gptkb:ITT_Hartford_(1995)
gptkb:ITT_Rayonier_(1994)
gptkb:ITT_Technical_Institute_(1994)
gptkb:Sheraton_Hotels_(1998)
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gptkbp:formerName
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gptkb:International_Telephone_&_Telegraph
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gptkbp:founded
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1920
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Hernand_Behn
gptkb:Sosthenes_Behn
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:White_Plains,_New_York,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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ITT Corporation
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gptkbp:industry
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conglomerate
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gptkbp:notableAcquisition
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gptkb:Avis_Rent_a_Car_(1965)
gptkb:Continental_Baking_Company_(1968)
gptkb:Hartford_Insurance_(1970)
gptkb:Sheraton_Hotels_(1968)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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split into ITT Inc., Xylem Inc., and Exelis Inc. in 2011
involved in 1973 Chilean coup d'état controversy
once one of the largest conglomerates in the world
subject of antitrust investigations in the 1970s
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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Harold Geneen (CEO, 1959–1977)
Louis T. Rossi (CEO, 1998–2001)
Rand Araskog (CEO, 1979–1998)
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gptkbp:notableProduct
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defense electronics
industrial equipment
hotel management
industrial process equipment
water technology
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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~40,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:stockExchange
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gptkb:NYSE
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gptkbp:stockSymbol
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ITT
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:ITT_Cannon
gptkb:ITT_Continental_Baking_Company
gptkb:ITT_Defense
gptkb:ITT_Exelis
gptkb:ITT_Rayonier
gptkb:ITT_Technical_Institute
gptkb:Sheraton_Hotels
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Exelis_Inc.
gptkb:ITT_Inc.
gptkb:Xylem_Inc.
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.itt.com/
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Charles_Kao
gptkb:White_Plains,_New_York,_USA
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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